“I understand. But you’ve had years of a healthy relationship with them. Even if they were surprised or shocked, I bet they’d come around eventually. They love you very much.”
Holding me tight, Patrick steered me toward the couch, which overlooked the river. “I’m sorry your parents let you down. Ican’t and won’t even begin to understand how they could treat you differently from your brother. But that’s their problem, not yours. You don’t need to look for validation from them. You’re a wonderful person, a fantastic worker, and the perfect lover.”
I opened my mouth to deny his words, but he placed his large hand over my mouth.
“Stop it, Fallon. Stop telling me everything wrong with you, when all I see is everything right.”
I had no idea how to respond to that, so I remained quiet, and Patrick set his hands on my shoulders, gazing directly into my eyes.
“You don’t believe me, do you? How can you not know how great you are?”
All this truth and barrier-breaking was way too intense for me, and I thought to lighten the mood, hoping Patrick would drop it. “You’re just saying that—”
He cut me off with an angry growl and a hard shake. “Don’t you fucking dare finish that sentence by sayingbecause I work for you. You know it’s more than that.”
My heart swooped, and I couldn’t catch my breath. “What’re you talking about?”
“I’m crazy about you. I can’t stop thinking about you and me. Us. And all that time we wasted not being together.” He framed my face and kissed me. “Now we have the chance to do it right.”
Chapter Sixteen
Patrick
My family had always called me impulsive. Maybe they were right, considering that at the age of thirty-one, I had two failed marriages behind me. But having been through those experiences, I believed myself to be wiser and capable of making better decisions now that I was older. And everything in me screamed that Fallon was as special as I’d thought the first time we were together.
When we met, I’d had no idea who he was. Our brief time together had remained, not a dirty secret, but one I’d realized had shaped my life. And now that Fallon had reappeared, I had no intention of letting him go again.
“Please, Fal. Come with me to San Diego. I’ve been meaning to have my training stats tracked, and you’re the person I want to keep those records.”
His face revealed nothing but skepticism. “I’m sure your coaches monitor all that.”
“Yeah, of course. But they keep those records. I want them for my own. Plus…dammit, I want a friend there. Please?” I brushed the hair off his face. “You traveled with Dev plenty of times. Why not with me?”
He chewed the inside of his cheek. “Because I wasn’t sleeping with Dev. It was strictly business.”
I grinned. “I promise to be good. And you won’t stay in the same hotel. Find one out of the area. I would just feel better knowing you’re close by.”
He rolled his eyes. “Oh, for God’s sake. All right. I’ll come.”
My heart gave a happy jump. “Let’s celebrate.” I pounced on him, and soon we were making love, Fallon riding my dick, his head thrown back, hair wild and messy round his face.
“Oh fuck, you’re splitting me in two,” he moaned, eyes bright with lust. “Harder. Fuck me harder.”
Fallon’s unbridled desire was always a massive turn-on, and as he clawed at my shoulders, I held his hips and thrust up, deep and hard. His ass squeezed my shaft, and I wrapped my hand around his dick, rubbing him with vigor.
“Goddamn, your face,” I panted, the beginnings of a spectacular orgasm spinning through my blood. He moved faster and faster, and I thumbed the sticky crown of his dick. “Come on, Fal, give it up for me.”
I slammed into him while jerking his dick and he came, splattering all over our stomachs while I blew up inside him and filled the condom. Fallon fell onto my chest, and I held him close, not caring we were a sticky mess.
“You’re mine,” I whispered, and he sighed and kissed my neck.
“And you’re mine,” he answered.
**
“Ready to face your old team, Trick?” Harte sat across from me on the flight to California. I accepted a glass of orange juice from the flight attendant with a smile, which he returned.
“Yeah, should be interesting. I’m more curious to see how the fans will react than facing my old team. I know they’ll be gunning for me.”
